The open source project, '''Chromium''', can be [[Pacman|installed]] with the package {{Pkg|chromium}}, available in the [[official repositories]].

The open source project, '''Chromium''', can be [[Pacman|installed]] with the package {{Pkg|chromium}}, available in the [[official repositories]].

In the [[AUR]] you can also find:

In the [[AUR]] you can also find:

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* {{AUR|chromium-dev}} - the development version

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* {{AUR|chromium-dev}} - the development version (beware: compiling Chromium takes at least as long as compiling the Linux kernel!)

* {{AUR|chromium-browser-bin}} - the binary version of the latest Chromium build

* {{AUR|chromium-browser-bin}} - the binary version of the latest Chromium build

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{{note|Compiling Chromium takes at least as long as compiling the Linux kernel.}}

The modified browser, '''Google Chrome''', bundled with Flash Player and PDF Reader, can be installed with the package {{AUR|google-chrome}}, available in the [[AUR]].

The modified browser, '''Google Chrome''', bundled with Flash Player and PDF Reader, can be installed with the package {{AUR|google-chrome}}, available in the [[AUR]].

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=== Set Chromium as default browser ===

=== Set Chromium as default browser ===

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This behaviour is related to [[Xdg-open]], please [[Xdg-open#Chromium|see its dedicated section]].

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This behaviour is related to [[xdg-open]]: see [[xdg-open#set the default browser]]. For more information about the topic in general, see [[Default Applications]].

=== File associations ===

=== File associations ===

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Unlike [[Firefox]], Chromium does not maintain its own database of mimetype-to-application associations. Instead, it relies on [[Xdg-open|xdg-open]] to open files and other mime types and URI schemes, for example, [[Wikipedia:Magnet URI scheme|magnet links]]. There are exceptions to this rule though, for example in the case of ''mailto'' URIs, Chromium calls {{ic|xdg-email}}, which is also part of {{Pkg|xdg-utils}} package.

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This behaviour is related to [[xdg-open]]: see [[xdg-open#Configuration]]. For more information about the topic in general, see [[Default Applications]].

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Refer to [[Xdg-open|xdg-open]], [[Default Applications|default applications]] or [[Environment Variables|environment variables]] on how to set up default file associations.

=== Font rendering ===

=== Font rendering ===

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Chromium uses the [[Font_Configuration|settings]] in {{ic|~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf}}. For possibly better rendering you may try:

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Chromium (and Google Chrome) will use the [[Font Configuration|settings]] in {{ic|~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf}}. For possibly better rendering you may try the following. Create the file if it does not already exist.

If you have still flashplugin installed, in order for Chromium to use this new Pepper Flash plugin, please make sure the plugin location from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so is disabled and /usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so is enabled in chrome://plugins.

If you use SRWare Iron, and have still flashplugin installed and if the Pepper Flash doesn't show up in the plugins list, then disable libflashplayer.so and start Iron with:

Using the KParts plugin

Certificates

Tips and tricks

Troubleshooting

Proxy settings

There have been many situations in which proxy settings do not work properly, especially if set through the KDE interface. A good method as of now is to use Chromium's command-line options, like --proxy-pac-url and --proxy-server, to set your proxy.

Default profile

If you cannot get your default profile when you try to run Chromium and get a similar error instead:

You have to set the correct owner of the directory ~/.config/chromium as following:

# chown -R yourusername:yourusergroup ~/.config/chromium

WebGL

Sometimes, Chromium will disable WebGL with certain graphics card configurations. This can generally be remedied by typing about:flags into the URL bar and enabling the WebGL flag. You may also enable WebGL by passing the command line flag --enable-webgl to Chromium in the terminal.

There is also the possibility that your graphics card has been blacklisted by Chromium. To override this use the --ignore-gpu-blacklist flag or go to about:flags and enable Override software rendering list.

Google Play and Flash

DRM content on Flash still requires HAL to play. This is readily apparent with Google Play Movies. If one attempts to play a Google Play movie without HAL, they will receive a YouTube-like screen, but the video will not play.

Force 3D acceleration in Pepper Flash Player and i.g. the browser with radeon driver

To force 3D rendering there is an option "Override software rendering list" in chrome://flags, also you would have to export video acceleration variables, see ATI#Enabling_video_acceleration. You could check if it is working in chrome://gpu.